headaches

I've been bulimic for a few years now ...... This past year it has been a lot worse than ever before though ..... From maybe this past October - January I was eating 3x a day, purging 3x a day ....... now it's gotten a littleeeeee better, not 100% if course =/ - i am still throwing up atleast once a day the majority of times .. there are a few days where i wont throw up, but usually when that happens it is only because i ate very little that day - not enough to make my stomach feel like there is any food in it, so that way i won't feel full, which i usually associate with feeling "fat" .... i know im still bulimic and i still have a problem, but honestly - i feel i made a big improvement from where i was a few months ago ...

but anyways, this past month I have been getting REALLY bad headaches ...they don't always last very long, sometimes it is just a really sharp intense pain that will last for like 3 - 5 minutes, and go away ..... they always come in different parts of my head .... i've never had headaches like this before .... could it be caused from the bulimia?

im seeing doctors and i would ask them... but ...... i know this kind of defeats the whole purpose of seeing a doctor - i lie to them about my progress ------- they dont know i am still throwing up as much as i am, because whenever i say it, they make me feel like $#%^, and id rather not go through that .....

any answers would be greatly appreciated
thanks <3

I don't know for sure, but I bet you're becoming dehydrated from all of the purging... you lose alot of water. I get some of the worst headaches if I haven't had enough water. You should also check your electrolyte balance, if you've not already.

how do you check your electrolyte balance?

I get the headaches too... I was told by a doctor that this can be caused by the bulimia. When you vomit the elevated blood pressure makes blood vessels burst in your head (I get the bloody noses too, not sure if anyone else has had this happen?)

Mia Culpe wrote:I get the headaches too... I was told by a doctor that this can be caused by the bulimia. When you vomit the elevated blood pressure makes blood vessels burst in your head (I get the bloody noses too, not sure if anyone else has had this happen?)

wow ... bursting blood vessels in your head ... that sounds serious .... is it?

Yes, it is serious. After I found out what was happening I stopped purging for a while, but of course that did not last. Now I try to make sure I stop *before* my head starts to hurt and/or my nose starts to bleed.